A few parents that 12 News spoke with expressed concern that classroom sizes will become even bigger, and there could be a lack of applicants interested in working for the Milwaukee Public Schools.

District leaders said they anticipate big crowds at their first job fair on Wednesday.

"They have to take in consideration how this affects all the kids, everyone is looking at the teachers and how they're feeling and how they're going to react to the change, but nobody is asking the kids how they're going to react," said parent Tracy McNeil.

Milwaukee Public Schools are looking to hire 700 new employees, including teachers, principals and paraprofessionals. The positions are all available as a result of a three-year wave of retirements.

"One of the biggest drivers is that so many of our staff is eligible for retirement, and we have a significant number of our staff who are in the baby boom generation who are eligible to retire, and we have seen a three-year wave of that and this is the third year," said MPS spokesman Tony Tagliavia.

MPS said once again they've had near record turnout for their job fairs and they have seen a huge interest from student teachers hoping to land a job. Bob Peterson, head of the Milwaukee Teachers Education Association, said a lot of the teachers weren't ready to retire, but have been forced out by state budget cuts and Act 10.

"Because of Act 10; because of us not being able to negotiate contracts in any way like the past; this is definitely one of the fall outs," said Peterson.